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Mathematical Economics cannot survive in its current echo chamber. The field needs to find its own umpire. 5/X

We now know there is no winner, but lots of great alternatives for controlling complex systems. We need to test lots of alternatives because our mathematical models are always flawed. 4/X

They could fight like this, claiming superiority via their theorems, only because there was no unbiased umpire to pick a winner. When computers became practical for realistic simulations we had the judge we needed so we could test theory against the closest thing to practice. 3/X

It wasn't always explicit in public, but I remember some passionate conversations. I moved away from my advisor's doctoral topic precisely because one of his colleagues (a compelling "great man") declared that adaptive control was nonsense. 2/X

Mathematical Economics today is in the state of Control Theory when I was a graduate student. In those days, “important men” would declare that one approach is pristine and the others tainted---fights among the three flavors in vogue: robust, optimal, and adaptive. 1/X

I'm giving a lecture at IHP in Paris this afternoon. Lots of economists will be in the room. This is what I would like to say:

@supermeyn.bsky.social is kicking off the eighth C^3 Workshop, aka the Cognition & Control Workshop, in the Reitz Union Chamber. Two days of discussion about control and cognition, including information theory and statistical learning. Mindbending stuff. lnkd.in/giUjHu7e

If you're interested in control and cognition, including information theory and statistical learning, the 8th annual Workshop on Cognition & Control (C^3), this Thursday & Friday in the Reitz Union Chamber, is for you. Full schedule and more info: meyn.ece.ufl.edu/c3/c3-8/ @supermeyn.bsky.social

Engineers don’t move fast and break things, they respect the unstable: realizable.substack.com/p/robust-yet...

A U.S. Economic Blackout — a nationwide economic protest — is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. On this day, participants are encouraged to refrain from making any purchases, both online and in-store, from large corporations.

I like that he posted a picture of a print-out of the email.

Delta Airlines Doubles Down On Commitment To DEI Initiatives #HuffPostUsNews www.huffpost.com/ent...

This plane is NOT going down

RL & fun in Amsterdam next month ! #eceflorida

Flood the zone. Electeds, activists, & leaders, don’t assume people know what’s going on. Tell them everywhere that: Trump & Republicans stopped Medicaid. Trump & Republicans stopped housing assistance. Trump & Republicans stopped schooling for children.

Please, watch it to the end!

I would like to see the Royal Society Expel Elon Musk. His membership is a disgrace and an insult to the Royal Society's core values of "promoting excellence in science for the benefit of humanity".

check this out: new postdoc program for AI-related research in Catalunya! our group is looking to hire within this program, ideally to work on topics related to RL theory. in case you're interested, pls DM or email me. (retweets appreciated!) ramonllull-aira.eu/application

Moda Urbana? My buddies in Illinois know the vibe. Did you know it has gone big in the Ciudad de Mexico? Viva Urbana!

Happy Upside Down Day😻

www.euronews.com/next/2025/01... #HelloQuitX

If you are looking for fun in G'ville, here is your chance! Also, to my colleagues, let me know if you have suggestions for tweaks in content.

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

Atlantic today: "...a leader who attacks the press, is accused of abusing power for personal gain, uses his power to block investigations into his family’s potential corruption, hopes to stay in office to avoid heading to prison, ... declared martial law earlier today."

Andrew is awesome

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is one of our most efficient agencies. Costs less than $1B a year & has fought to return over $20B directly to Americans. But I guess it makes sense that a billionaire wants to eliminate one of the agencies that fights for working people. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Lets see if Raginsky agrees with this approach: Bacon boiled to reduce smokiness. Olive oil and a bit of sage under the skin of the breast meat. Tangerine peels and garlic and sage and rosemary into the cavity (all but the bacon harvested from the garden). Only pardoned turkeys, of course.

Exciting work with my buddies! To my geekiest friends, note that this is a big leap forward from a few years ago. The "noise" can be parameter dependent, as in most reinforcement learning applications #ML #RL (someone please educate me on the right hashtags).

would anyone care to read this?

Today is the day Bye Bye X

I am looking for an updated version of these figures -- apparently BlueSky broke new records yesterday. Any idea where I could find the data?

Marching orders!

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www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm Fascism, Fear and the Science Behind Horror Films (www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...) Oct 25, 2024. On this week’s On the Media, a historian of fascism explains why he sounde...

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